Hey Friend,
How would you like to be able to eat what you want, and still lose fat?
It almost sounds too good to be true doesn't it?
Well, there is a way you can eat what you want (within reason) and still make progress towards your fitness and fat loss goals...
It all comes down to looking at the bigger picture of health, fitness, and nutrition. And not nit picking and getting overwhelmed with minor details that really don't matter in the long term.
The most important thing to focus on is simply making progress - NOT trying to be perfect.
I see so many guys stressing themselves out over trying to be being super strict with their diet, exercise, and every little detail...
Weighing every forkful of food they eat, avoiding all processed or packaged foods, counting every calorie consumed, tracking every calorie burned, fitness apps and workout trackers coming out the ying-yang, etc...
Now don't get me wrong, that approach does work - in the short term... But it usually back fires in the long term.
If you are getting stressed out, feeling hungry and deprived, not getting any eating satisfaction or enjoyment from your meals, and you start to get fed up with tracking and recording everything - how long do you think you're going to last?
Can you honestly see yourself doing all that - day in and day out - for the next year, 3 years, or 5 years from now?
Heck, most guys can't even stick it out for a month, let alone a year or more!
If you can't make your eating and exercise routine an enjoyable part of your lifestyle, it's only a matter of time before you toss in the towel and say...
"Screw It, I Give Up, It's Just Not Worth It Anymore..."
That's when the binge eating starts and whatever fat loss progress you made is gone, just like a fart in the wind...
Instead of taking the ALL or NOTHING approach and trying to be perfect - just try to get a little bit better then you were before.
GOOD NEWS: You Don't Have To Be Perfect...
...You Just Have To Be Good Enough, But Good Enough Consistently...
Even simple things like reducing your portion sizes of the "not so good" foods will go a long way. For example, if you normally eat 5 chocolate chip cookies for dessert after dinner, try cutting back to eating 2 or 3 cookies... As simple as that sounds, it's still a form of progress!
A prime example of this happened for me just a couple weeks ago. My wife Trish wanted to order a pizza... And I'll be honest, it sounded pretty darn good... So we ordered one!
However, we did things a bit differently from what we used to do...
Instead of getting the biggest extra large jumbo pizza like we did in the past, we ordered a medium size pizza.
Then before we sat down to eat our pizza, we started our meal with a large garden salad with a chopped up chicken breast added in. This pre-filled our bellies with protein and veggies - so by the time we got around to eating the pizza we could only eat a couple slices each before we were stuffed.
In the past whenever I'd order a pizza and start eating it on an empty stomach, I would easily eat 6 or more slices before getting full. However, by pre-filling my belly with protein and veggies (i.e. salad and chicken) - I was only able to eat 1/3 of the pizza that I normally would.
By making smarter choices and filling up on the good foods first, you'll naturally have less room for the bad foods afterwards. This way you can still get lean while enjoying yourself without feeling like you're going hungry and suffering it out on a diet.
So the next time you're going to have some "Not So Good Food", make sure to pre-fill your belly with protein and veggies first and I bet you'll naturally eat less junk, without feeling deprived.
This is just one of many of the advanced eating strategies that I share with my Muscle After 40 Coaching Students. If you'd like some help with planning out a realistic and practical eating and exercise plan that fits you, your situation, your lifestyle and fitness goals - just let me know!
We can schedule a complementary strategy session call and discuss a realistic action plan that's right for you.
If I feel I can help you reach your goals, then I'll let you know. And if not, then I'll recommend some outside resources that will help you - either way you'll come away from the strategy session call with more insights and clarity for what you need to do next.
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